It’s Thanksgiving in Key West and food critic Hayley Snow just wants to celebrate with her fiancé and family. But she won’t get a chance because her friend Analise calls in a panic, one of the members of her food tasting tour group has keeled over. With suspicion falling on the key lime pie as the murder weapon, Analise is in danger of losing her livelihood and she needs Hayley to find the real culprit.

It’s almost Thanksgiving and as Hayley Snow puts the finishing touches her assignment for “Key Zest” magazine, Analise is devastated when one of people on the seafood tasting tour collapses . . . and dies. Hayley wants to help, but her father and his family are about to arrive for Hayley’s day-after-Thanksgiving wedding to police detective Nathan Bransford and she’s distracted and suffering a case of pre-wedding jitters.

Nevertheless, working around her article, her last-minute wedding preparations, Thanksgiving dinner, and a yet-to-be-remodeled houseboat, Hayley steps in to investigate for her friend. Can she identify the culprit and solve the mystery?

In this, the ninth book in the series, all the expected characters are in place and the Key West setting is well-described and inviting. The unfolding story offers readers some unexpected twists and pulls them into the mystery as unforeseen events keep the pages turning. Readers are sure to find this delightful tale a wonderful addition to the series.

Highly recommended.

I received an advance reader’s copy of this e-book from Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley.
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